News

• 17 March 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - New center opened for street children Howrah (Agenzia Fides) – In honor of their 25th anniversary of working in favor of street children, on March 11, the Salesian community of Calcutta-Ashalayam opened a center, open 24 hours a day for child protection an ...
• 17 March 2010
  AFRICA/UGANDA - 1 doctor:16,200 refugees, need for medical personnel at Kyaka Refugee Camp Kyaka (Agenzia Fides) – Inadequate health services is only one of many challenges faced by the 16,200 refugees in the settlement of the Kyaka II Refugee Camp in Western, where there is only one doctor. The lack of medi ...
• 16 March 2010
  VATICAN - “Do not be afraid if the Lord calls you to the religious, monastic, missionary life or one of special consecration”: Pope's Message for the 25th World Youth Day Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “On the example of so many disciples of Christ, you also, dear friends, accept with joy the invitation to follow, to live intensely and fruitfully in this world...Do not be afraid, then, ...
• 16 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Promoting vocations in Year of the Priest also involves parents “to be generous like Saint Joseph” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – In preparation for the solemnity of St. Joseph, the Catholic communities of the continent are working to promote vocations in this Year for Priests, calling for all parents to be generous like ...
• 16 March 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - National Missionary Council and Guidelines for the Evangelization of the Church in Brazil Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The meeting of the National Missionary Council (COMINA) on the Missionary Church in Brazil ended on Sunday, March 14. The meeting took place at the headquarters of the Pontifical Mission Soci ...
• 16 March 2010
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Bishops' Message for Year for Priests: “The people of Angola, thirsting for God, fervently hope that their priests be 'men of God.'” Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – "It is an easily verifiable fact that most of the men of our time form an idea of Christ and His Church, first and foremost through His consecrated ministers. Therefore, this makes the need for ...
• 16 March 2010
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Meeting for Rural Ministry: the Church's commitment Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - From today, March 16 until March 18, Bogota is hosting the National Encounter for Pastoral Care of Rural and Earth. The event was organized by the National Secretariat of Social Pastoral (SNPS) a ...
• 16 March 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Caritas Peru opens 78 homes in Pisco, area struck by 2007 earthquake Pisco (Agenzia Fides) – As part of the reconstruction of areas hit by the earthquake of 15 August 2007, Caritas Peru has opened 78 homes in the towns of Montesierpe and Media Luna, in the Humaya District, Province of P ...
• 16 March 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Bishop Warduni encourages Christians to enter into government coalition Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – "We encourage lay Christians to be involved in politics, to take up their full responsibility, and if there was a possibility, to enter the government coalition, to give a direct contribution ...
• 16 March 2010
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Turkish President visits Kinshasa: Congolese diplomacy is “tous azimuts” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Democratic Republic of the Congo is developing diplomatic action across the board, emerging from the isolation of the war years 1998-2003. This action is developed along different lines ...
• 16 March 2010
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Amidst conflict and difficulties, using weapons of prayer to change hearts Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – Faced with riots that flare up again to Jerusalem, before the conflict that seems to rob the Holy Land of its hopes, "our response is prayer, the invocation of the Most High, asking that He ...
• 15 March 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Over 1,000 incidents of anti-Christian violence in 2 years; latest situation in Karnataka worse than Orissa Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – Today, March 15, the police went to the Cathedral of Karwar (coastal town in Karnataka) and warned the Vicar General to stop spreading Christian literature and Christian religious pictures b ...
• 15 March 2010
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Church continues to fight for life amidst increased support for death penalty Incheon (Agenzia Fides) – The South Korean Supreme Court has recently declared the death penalty as an admissible form of punishment in the country. However, the Catholic community will not surrender and will continue ...
• 15 March 2010
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Bishops of Sudan: “the change of heart which is the indispensable condition for a just and lasting peace must even now be implored as a gift of God’s grace.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I know how much you and the faithful of your country long for peace, and how patiently you are working for its restoration. Anchored in your faith and hope in Christ the Prince of Peace, ...
• 15 March 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - 7 catechumens examined at Saint Paul Parish in Hsinchuang: “the Christian faith is not a philosophy, but rather a real personal encounter with Christ” Hsinchuang (Agenzia Fides) – "Lent is a privileged moment of grace that one must live by praying, fasting, and being more generous in their own offerings." With these words, Fr. Paolo Costa, FSCB (Priestly Fraternity o ...